Mystery

  • Josephine Decker – Madeline’s Madeline (2018)

    2011-2020DramaJosephine DeckerMysteryUSA

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    “In all chaos there is a cosmos. In all disorder a secret order.” Experimental theater director Evangeline (Molly Parker) says this to her troubled teenage star Madeline (Helena Howard) early on in Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline, and it’s a sentiment the movie both takes to heart and persistently questions. Decker’s film, the best thing I saw at Sundance this year, is built around tension and chaos: Its unruly scenes emerge out of disorder, out of chants and shrieks and fractured images, and always threaten to fade back into abstraction. The focus slips; the camera drifts. Whispers and wails intrude. A simple dialogue exchange might suddenly splinter into tight-angled close-ups of a face; a shot might disintegrate into a shimmering field of red. But one senses a method in this madness. The narrative might be shattered, but the film’s slipstream of emotion is powerful and inescapable.Read More »

  • Agustí Villaronga – El niño de la luna AKA Moon Child (1989)

    1981-1990Agustí VillarongaFantasyMysterySpain

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    Since ancient times, a tribe on the African continent has been prophesying that a white boy will arrive to be their god: the Son of the Moon. David, a 12-year-old orphan who lives in Europe, learns about the prophecy and believes that he is the chosen child and that destiny must be fulfilled at any cost. Before David can fulfill his prophecy he must escape the heavily guarded scientific organization that has adopted him. David’s strange behavior and the fact that he possesses extrasensory perception, has attracted the attention of an organization researching so-called “prodigious beings” in the occult tradition.Read More »

  • João Cândido Zacharias – A Herança AKA Birthright (2024)

    2021-2030BrazilHorrorJoão Cândido ZachariasMysteryQueer Cinema(s)

    When he learns of his mother’s death, Thomas returns to Brazil with Beni, his partner, and is told he now owns a country house that used to belong to a grandmother he never met. Curious to connect with his family history, they vis…Read More »

  • Ken Iizuka – Aru Tozasareta Yuki no Sanso de AKA In a Closed Snowy Mountain Villa (2024)

    2021-2030JapanKen IizukaMystery

    Kazuyuki Kuga (Daiki Shigeoka) aspires to become an actor. He auditions for the lead role in a theater company’s next work. Among the 300 people who take part in that audition, only 7 people are selected for a final audition round. Kazuyuki Kuga is among the final 7 participants. These 7 people then travel to a snowy mountain villa and stay there for 4 days to take the final audition. By the director’s orders, all contact with the outside world are not allowed. Soon, the participants begin to disappear one by one.Read More »

  • Yoshimitsu Morita – Kuroi ie AKA The Black House (1999) (HD)

    1991-2000HorrorJapanMysteryYoshimitsu Morita

    A meek agent at the Showa Life Insurance company receives a phone call from a customer who says that she’s planning to commit suicide and wants to know if her policy will pay out. Concerned about her safety, the agent visits her house only to find that her young son has hanged himself. As he investigates further, more and more people connected with this family start having “accidents,” and if he’s not careful, he might be next.Read More »

  • David Lynch – Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) (HD)

    1991-2000CultDavid LynchMysteryUSA

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    In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.Read More »

  • Tito Catacora and Óscar Catacora – Yana-Wara (2023)

    2021-2030DramaMysteryÓscar CatacoraPeruTito Catacora

    The communal justice system accuses Don Evaristo, 80 years old, for the murder of his granddaughter Yana-Wara, 13 years old. During the hearing, everyone learns the tragic story of this young girl, who, because of gender violence, begins to have terrifying visions after being touched by the evil spirits that inhabit the forbidden places of the Ande. imdbRead More »

  • Various – Ten Little Indians (1959)

    1951-1960CrimeMysteryUSAVarious

    Agatha Christie mystery in which one of ten suspects in an isolated island mansion is a killer. Who is It?Read More »

  • Ali Cherri – Al-Sadd AKA The Dam (2022)

    2021-2030African CinemaAli CherriDramaMysterySudan

    Sudan, near the Merowe dam. Maher works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly wanders off into the desert to build a mysterious construction made of mud. While the Sudanese people rise to claim their freedom, his creation starts to take a life of its own.Read More »

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